Their website, their decision on how to “force” you to experience it. Remember, you can always close the tab if it’s not compelling or interesting to you personally.
I accidentally clicked past the last page, hit the back button then had to go through the thing again. As I was rushing, I missed the last page again, and could not figure out how to go back. Scrolling would have trivialized this issue.
Ahh its the users fault for not reading the data before clicking.
Imagine an unholy text book where once you turn the page, the pages before become inaccessible. Its your own fault for not understanding everything on the previous page and you have to read the entire thing before you can start again to find that page.
Don't hide compelling or interesting information behind bullshit ui restraints. Particularly egregious was the "Click here for more information, click two pixels lower to permanently leave this screen."
No one has ever forgotten how to close the tab. Whats the point of being exclusionary and having a 'if you don't like it, leave' attitude to presenting information? It isn't some pretentious indie bands website, its weather data!
I'm tired of the same discussion again and again on HN. Javascript bad. Anything but #000 text on #fff bad. CSS and animations?! Fuggedaboutit. If it's not free range, handcrafted HTML, I don't want it anywhere near my 5950X.
Not every website is the same and this is not the best way to present statistical data. It pays to keep things simple and cohesive when you're trying to explain what a big block of numbers or a graph with bars/lines represents.
After all, your goal is to make sure the viewer understands the information being shown, not impressing them with moving text.